Statistics for occurrence #1 of “John White” in entry united-states-of-america-virginia of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:

...d that the men left by Grenville have been murdered by Indians......July 22, 1587 Eleanor Dare gives birth to the first English child on American soil (named Virginia Dare)......Aug. 18, 1587 John White returns to England at request of colonists for supplies, leaving behind eighty-nine men, seventeen women, and two children......Aug. 27 1587 John White returns to Roanoke......Aug. 9, 1590 [...
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Entity Corpus Doc Corpus Doc  
John White 227 58 11 4 0 user votes
John White Geary 26 26 0 0 0 user votes
John White Kimball 8 0 0 0 0 user votes
John White Webster 7 7 1 1 0 user votes
John Whiteaker 6 6 0 0 0 user votes
John White Brockenbrough 5 0 1 0 0 user votes
John Whitehead 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
John Whitehouse 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
John Whiteside 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
E. John White 2 0 2 0 0 user votes
John Whiteford 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
John Whitehurst 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
John Whitesides 2 0 2 0 0 user votes
John White Aspinwall 1 0 1 0 0 user votes

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